Absa Cape Epic’s Last Lions still roaring

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Finishing just one Absa Cape Epic requires the strength of a lion and mental fortitude of a guru, but imagine what it takes to complete them all? Suffice to say those who have are few – only three in fact. On 28 February 2004, John Gale, Mike Nixon and Hannele Steyn were among the 550 […]

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[Headshot]

The courage of a lion and an elephantine wallet....

[ChrisF]

Both men based in Cape Town.

 

Hannele only later moved to Knysna.  During the earlier races she was Hannelle Steyn-Kotze, and lived a few blocks from the G-spot trails in Stellenbosch.

[Jewbacca]

11 minutes ago, Headshot said:

The courage of a lion and an elephantine wallet....

Or good sponsorship and reward for being exceptional.

Hanele Steyn is an amazing person and absolutely fantastic, but is definitely not wealthy. 

Let's not be so quick to paint everyone with the same brush 😉

[ChrisF]

7 minutes ago, Jewbacca said:

Or good sponsorship and reward for being exceptional.

Hanele Steyn is an amazing person and absolutely fantastic, but is definitely not wealthy. 

Let's not be so quick to paint everyone with the same brush 😉

 

Remarkable lady.

['Dale]

47 minutes ago, Headshot said:

The courage of a lion and an elephantine wallet....

The hardest part must be the ability to commit the time to prepare year after year and decline a normal life, as well as the ability to manage pain as the ageing athlete must endure a lot of eina and exhaustion/recovery challenges.

[Skubarra]

2 hours ago, Jewbacca said:

Or good sponsorship and reward for being exceptional.

Hanele Steyn is an amazing person and absolutely fantastic, but is definitely not wealthy. 

Let's not be so quick to paint everyone with the same brush 😉

I would assume that at this point they would get at least their entries for free (or heavily discounted) - given that their participation is now part of the marketing for the ACE.

[eala]

The lions don,t pay entry fees anymore .The Epic has some form of addiction that very few other races have . I have done two and would certainly do more if life permitted it .The only other event i have experienced such an addiction is the Magalies Monster .You know you are going to suffer and that brings you back . It is an evil race . The six month,s before the start your mind seems to lock onto the idea of it and it cannot be removed